Dr Mei is currently undertaking research in two areas: the philosophy of economics and the relation between Continental and analytic philosophy.
His approach to the philosophy of economics involves the application of phenomenology and hermeneutics (Heidegger and Ricoeur) to questions of value, exchange, use and ethics. Most of his focus tends to be on the nature of land as a distinct factor of production, the generation of ground rent, and the ethical-political implications of rent as an unearned value and form of taxation. Economists of interest to Dr Mei’s research include the classical economists, Henry George, Philip Mirowski, Amartya Sen…
Dr Mei is currently undertaking research in two areas: the philosophy of economics and the relation between Continental and analytic philosophy.
His approach to the philosophy of economics involves the application of phenomenology and hermeneutics (Heidegger and Ricoeur) to questions of value, exchange, use and ethics. Most of his focus tends to be on the nature of land as a distinct factor of production, the generation of ground rent, and the ethical-political implications of rent as an unearned value and form of taxation. Economists of interest to Dr Mei’s research include the classical economists, Henry George, Philip Mirowski, Amartya Sen and Nicolaus Tideman.
With respect to the relation between Continental and analytic philosophy, Dr Mei attempts to read the interrelation between the two in terms of a shared feeling or mood that can be described as a fundamental distrust of reality which, in turn, leads to their respective forms of coping with and/or attempts to resolve this distrust.
Dr Mei currently teaches ancient Greek philosophy and the philosophy of religion. In the past, he has taught modules on aesthetics, epistemology, existentialism, philosophy of art and political economy.
